Time for reboot on Republican Party

12:41 PM,
Jul. 23, 2014

Written by

Roy M. Fish
Shreveport

The immigration law passed by the last Republican administration with bipartisan support is not working and needs to be revamped. Current law enables people to enter the country illegally and be entitled to legal process to determine whether they are eligible to stay and if so under what circumstance.

There are hordes coming across the border with no effort to avoid detection and surrendering if not apprehended. This is dramatically overburdening the system. We need to clearly define immigration eligibility and status and perhaps require application prior to entry, with temporary ...